Westminster Abbey. Dead March. Enter the Funeral of KING HENRY the Fifth, attended on by Dukes of BEDFORD, Regent of France; GLOUCESTER, Protector; and EXETER, Earl of WARWICK, the BISHOP OF WINCHESTER, Heralds, &c.

Chorus: O for a Muse of fire, that would ascend The brightest heaven of invention, A kingdom for a stage, princes to act And monarchs to behold the swelling scene! Then should the warlike Harry, like himself, Assume the port of Mars; and at his...

ANTONIO: In sooth, I know not why I am so sad: It wearies me; you say it wearies you; But how I caught it, found it, or came by it, What stuff 'tis made of, whereof it is born, I am to learn; And such a want-wit sadness makes of me, That I have much...

I. WHEN my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her, though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutor'd youth, Unskilful in the world's false forgeries. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although I know my...

Windsor. Before PAGE's house. Enter SHALLOW, SLENDER, and SIR HUGH EVANS SHALLOW: Sir Hugh, persuade me not; I will make a Star- chamber matter of it: if he were twenty Sir John Falstaffs, he shall not abuse Robert Shallow, esquire.

FROM the besieged Ardea all in post, Borne by the trustless wings of false desire, Lust-breathed Tarquin leaves the Roman host, And to Collatium bears the lightless fire Which, in pale embers hid, lurks to aspire And girdle with embracing flames the...

London. The palace. Flourish of trumpets: then hautboys. Enter KING HENRY VI, GLOUCESTER, SALISBURY, WARWICK, and CARDINAL, on the one side; QUEEN MARGARET, SUFFOLK, YORK, SOMERSET, and BUCKINGHAM, on the other SUFFOLK:As by your high imperial...

SLY: I'll pheeze you, in faith. Hostess: A pair of stocks, you rogue! SLY: Ye are a baggage: the Slys are no rogues; look in the chronicles; we came in with Richard Conqueror. Therefore paucas pallabris; let the world slide: sessa!

London. The Parliament-house. [Alarum. Enter YORK, EDWARD, RICHARD, NORFOLK, MONTAGUE, WARWICK, and Soldiers] WARWICK: I wonder how the king escaped our hands. YORK: While we pursued the horsemen of the north, He slily stole away and left his men:...

London. KING RICHARD II's palace.
Enter KING RICHARD II, JOHN OF GAUNT, with other Nobles and Attendants
KING RICHARD II:
Old John of Gaunt, time-honour'd Lancaster, Hast thou, according to thy oath and band, Brought hither Henry Hereford thy...

London. A street.
Enter GLOUCESTER, solus
GLOUCESTER:
Now is the winter of our discontent Made glorious summer by this sun of York; And all the clouds that lour'd upon our house In the deep bosom of the ocean buried. Now are our brows bound...

Antechamber in LEONTES' palace.
Enter CAMILLO and ARCHIDAMUS
ARCHIDAMUS:
If you shall chance, Camillo, to visit Bohemia, on the like occasion whereon my services are now on foot, you shall see, as I have said, great difference betwixt our Bohemia...

Athens. A hall in Timon's house.
Enter Poet, Painter, Jeweller, Merchant, and others, at several doors
Poet:
Good day, sir.
Painter:
I am glad you're well.
Poet:
I have not seen you long: how goes the world?
Painter:
It wears, sir, as it...

Rome. Before the Capitol.
The Tomb of the ANDRONICI appearing; the Tribunes and Senators aloft. Enter, below, from one side, SATURNINUS and his Followers; and, from the other side, BASSIANUS and his Followers; with drum and...

In Troy, there lies the scene. From isles of Greece The princes orgulous, their high blood chafed, Have to the port of Athens sent their ships, Fraught with the ministers and instruments Of cruel war: sixty and nine, that wore Their crownets regal,...

UKE ORSINO's palace.
Enter DUKE ORSINO, CURIO, and other Lords; Musicians attending
DUKE ORSINO:
If music be the food of love, play on; Give me excess of it, that, surfeiting, The appetite may sicken, and so die. That strain again! it had a dying...

EVEN as the sun with purple-colour'd face Had ta'en his last leave of the weeping morn, Rose-cheek'd Adonis hied him to the chase; Hunting he loved, but love he laugh'd to scorn; Sick-thoughted Venus makes amain unto him, And like a bold-faced...

A hall in DUKE SOLINUS'S palace.
Enter DUKE SOLINUS, AEGEON, Gaoler, Officers, and other Attendants
AEGEON:
Proceed, Solinus, to procure my fall And by the doom of death end woes and all.
DUKE SOLINUS:
Merchant of Syracuse, plead no more; I am...

FROM fairest creatures we desire increase,
That thereby beauty's rose might never die,
But as the riper should by time decease,
His tender heir might bear his memory:
But thou, contracted to thine own bright eyes,
Feed'st thy light'st flame...

Prologue
Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross’d...

Antioch. A room in the palace.
Enter ANTIOCHUS, Prince PERICLES, and followers
ANTIOCHUS:
Young prince of Tyre, you have at large received The danger of the task you undertake.
PERICLES:
I have, Antiochus, and, with a soul Embolden'd with the...

Venice. A street.Enter RODERIGO and IAGORODERIGO:Tush! never tell me; I take it much unkindly That thou, Iago, who hast had my purse As if the strings were thine, shouldst know of this.IAGO:'Sblood, but you will not hear me: If ever I did dream of...

Before LEONATO'S house.Enter LEONATO, HERO, and BEATRICE, with a MessengerLEONATO:I learn in this letter that Don Peter of Arragon comes this night to Messina.Messenger:He is very near by this: he was not three leagues off when I left...

An apartment in the DUKE'S palace.Enter DUKE VINCENTIO, ESCALUS, Lords and AttendantsDUKE VINCENTIO:Escalus.ESCALUS:My lord.DUKE VINCENTIO:Of government the properties to unfold, Would seem in me to affect speech and discourse; Since I am put to...

The king of Navarre's park.Enter FERDINAND king of Navarre, BIRON, LONGAVILLE and DUMAINFERDINAND:Let fame, that all hunt after in their lives, Live register'd upon our brazen tombs And then grace us in the disgrace of death; When, spite of...

King Lear's palace.Enter KENT, GLOUCESTER, and EDMUNDKENT:I thought the king had more affected the Duke of Albany than Cornwall.GLOUCESTER:It did always seem so to us: but now, in the division of the kingdom, it appears not which of the dukes he...

Rome. A street.Enter FLAVIUS, MARULLUS, and certain CommonersFLAVIUS:Hence! home, you idle creatures get you home: Is this a holiday? what! know you not, Being mechanical, you ought not walk Upon a labouring day without the sign Of your profession?...

Elsinore. A platform before the castle.FRANCISCO at his post. Enter to him BERNARDOBERNARDO:Who's there?FRANCISCO:Nay, answer me: stand, and unfold yourself.BERNARDO:Long live the king!FRANCISCO:Bernardo?BERNARDO:He.FRANCISCO:You come most carefully...

SCENE -- Dispersed; in ENGLAND, FLANDERS, and FRANCE. London. A Room of State in the Palace. Flourish. Enter King Edward, attended; Prince of Wales, Warwick, Derby, Audley, Artois, and others.King Edward:Robert of Artois, banish'd though thou beFrom...

Britain. The garden of Cymbeline's palace.Enter two GentlemenFirst Gentleman:You do not meet a man but frowns: our bloods No more obey the heavens than our courtiers Still seem as does the king.Second Gentleman:But what's the matter?First...

Rome. A street.Enter a company of mutinous Citizens, with staves, clubs, and other weaponsFirst Citizen:Before we proceed any further, hear me speak.All:Speak, speak.First Citizen:You are all resolved rather to die than to famish?All:Resolved....

Orchard of Oliver's house.Enter ORLANDO and ADAMORLANDO:As I remember, Adam, it was upon this fashion bequeathed me by will but poor a thousand crowns, and, as thou sayest, charged my brother, on his blessing, to breed me well: and there begins my...

Alexandria. A room in CLEOPATRA's palace.Enter DEMETRIUS and PHILOPHILO:Nay, but this dotage of our general's O'erflows the measure: those his goodly eyes, That o'er the files and musters of the war Have glow'd like plated Mars, now bend, now turn,...

Rousillon. The COUNT's palace.Enter BERTRAM, the COUNTESS of Rousillon, HELENA, and LAFEU, all in blackCOUNTESS:In delivering my son from me, I bury a second husband.BERTRAM:And I in going, madam, weep o'er my father's death anew: but I must attend...

Athens. The palace of THESEUS.Enter THESEUS, HIPPOLYTA, PHILOSTRATE, and AttendantsTHESEUS:Now, fair Hippolyta, our nuptial hour Draws on apace; four happy days bring in Another moon: but, O, methinks, how slow This old moon wanes! she lingers my...

FROM off a hill whose concave womb reworded A plaintful story from a sistering vale, My spirits to attend this double voice accorded, And down I laid to list the sad-tuned tale; Ere long espied a fickle maid full pale, Tearing of papers, breaking...